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DIGIPIN Launched: India Embraces Geospatial Precision in Digital Addressing
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HAL to build, market Isro’s SSLV in landmark deal
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Taiwan developing space capabilities for all-weather imaging
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Honda hails successful test of reusable rocket as it looks to get into the space business
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China’s space program provides larger platform for broader international cooperation
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India To Launch $1.5 Billion Joint Earth Mission With NASA In July
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Wednesday, August 17th, 2016

Pakistan’s First Indigenous Digital Mapping Solution Launched

TPL Trakker Ltd, a tracking solutions provider, launched on Monday country’s first indigenously developed digital mapping solution. Read More at The Tribune

Wednesday, August 17th, 2016

Australia Plans New Datum System in Response to GNSS Growth

Citing the position accuracy of new GNSS constellations, Australia’s Intergovernmental Committee on Surveying and Mapping (ICSM) is moving to modernize the country’s current datum system. Read More at Inside GNSS

Tuesday, August 16th, 2016

Anna Univ Researchers to Predict Landslides in Uttarakhand Area

CHENNAI: In an attempt to give some relief to people of disaster-prone Uttarakhand, the Union government has roped-in the Institute of Remote Sensing (IRS) in Anna University to predict the occurrence of landslides in the Himalayan region...

Tuesday, August 16th, 2016

Pune-Based Company to Complete GIS Mapping of Supply Network

The standing committee of the Kolhapur Municipal Corporation (KMC) on Friday finalized a Pune-based firm for its ambitious projects of water audit, hydraulic modelling and the geo-informatics system (GIS) mapping of the water supply network.The KMC is...

Tuesday, August 16th, 2016

Isro@47: The Maverick Journey of Indian Space Agency

As the nation celebrates its 70th Independence Day today, August 15 is also historically remarkable for the national space agency — The Indian Space Research Organisation (Isro). It was on this day in 1969 that the agency...

Tuesday, August 16th, 2016

Kazakhstan, South Korea and Belarus Create Eurasian Spatial Data Infrastructure

A memorandum of understanding and cooperation to create Eurasian spatial data infrastructure was recently signed between Belarus, Kazakhstan and South Korea. Read More at Astana Times

Friday, August 12th, 2016

GIS Technology Proves Fundamental in Battle against Zika Virus

Redlands, California —Florida is home to more than 3.6 million women aged 15 to 44 years. With more than 300 Zika virus cases reported in Florida to date, the state has become a top focus in the...

Thursday, August 11th, 2016

Controversy Persists in Korea Over Restrictions on Google Maps

A yearslong controversy over restrictions on Google Maps persists in South Korea, about two months after the world's biggest search engine again requested the Korean government to allow it to export government-supplied map data outside of the...

Thursday, August 11th, 2016

China Launched First Low Orbit Remote Sensing Gaofen-3 Satellite to Keep an Eye on South China sea

Weeks after an international court struck down its claims over the disputed South China Sea, a high resolution satellite has been successfully launched by China on Wednesday. Satellite aims to provide seamless view of seas inorder to...

Wednesday, August 10th, 2016

Using Geospatial Technology to Achieve 11th Malaysia Plan

Senior Malaysian government agency leaders at the annual National Geospatial Information Symposium have said that geospatial technology can play a major role in helping to achieve many goals set out in the 11th Malaysia Plan (RMK11)  Read...